Accession Number:

ADA188181

Title:

Ticks of Medical Importance Occurring in the Western Hemisphere

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jun 1986-Jun 1987

Corporate Author:

SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TX

Personal Author(s):

• Goddard, Jerome

Report Date:

1987-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

71.0

Abstract:

This publication, serving as a handbook for medical and pest control personnel, describes each tick species of medical importance occuring in the Western Hemisphere. Guidance for the identification of these species as well as discussions about the diseases they harbor and transmit are included. In addition, appropriate tick control measures and suggestions for proper tick removal from humans are presented. Keywords Tickborne diseases Lyme Disease Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Tularemia Colorado Tick Fever Babesiosis Tick Paralysis Canine Ehrlichiosis in Humans Ornithodoros Amblyomma Dermacentor Ixodes Rhipicephalus.

Descriptors:

• *TICKS
• *TICKBORNE DISEASES
• REMOVAL
• MOBILIZATION
• HUMANS
• PERSONNEL
• HANDBOOKS
• WEST(DIRECTION)
• HEMISPHERES
• TAXONOMY
• FEVERS
• COLORADO
• PEST CONTROL
• PARALYSIS
• INSECT CONTROL
• RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII
• TULAREMIA

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE